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SYK Healthcare Medical Devices
Stryker Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $25.1 billion, up 11.2% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +7.64%
- EPS
- −12.4%
- Free cash flow
- −19.4%
- Total debt
- −10.0%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Stryker Corporation (SYK) Return on equity
Stryker Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.0%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.5% (fiscal 2017) to 32.7% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Medical Devices industry median of −10.4% and above the Healthcare sector median of −26.3%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.1% | (0.18) |
| FY2024 | 15.3% | (2.72) |
| FY2023 | 18.0% | 3.01 |
| FY2022 | 15.0% | 0.71 |
| FY2021 | 14.3% | 1.91 |
| FY2020 | 12.4% | (4.63) |
| FY2019 | 17.0% | (15.75) |
| FY2018 | 32.7% | 22.28 |
| FY2017 | 10.5% | (7.79) |
| FY2016 | 18.2% | 1.42 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare | 37.7% |
| GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare | 19.9% |
| SYK Stryker Corporation | 16.0% |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corporation compare | 14.2% |
| STE STERIS plc compare | 11.6% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC compare | 10.6% |
| EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation compare | 9.65% |
| PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare | 8.54% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories compare | 0.00% |
| Medical Devices industry median | −10.4% |
| Healthcare sector median | −26.3% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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